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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Wishing for Spring {Dusty Attic, Shimmerz Paints and Maja Design}

So I really can't complain too much about the weather, it's been a fairly mild winter here in Canada (Ontario, at least) so far....but the past few days have been so cold and snowy. It doesn't take long for me to long for Spring! So today I thought I would scrap something that makes me happy....beautiful flowers.

I used a number of papers from the beautiful 'Enjoying Outdoors' collection (Beautiful Trees-bs, Woodlands, Flourishing-bs)....also a bit of Vintage Autumn Basics (XVI) - Clocks, and Walking In the Forest (Die Cut Sheet- butterfly).

I found these cute flowers that I thought were a good match for the blossoms in the photo....they are Prima Marketing flowers, but I couldn't find a name on the packaging (I think they might be from the FairyBelle collection?).

I did a little painting with some Shimmerz Paints on the background. I used 'Naughty or Nice' Inklingz behind the photo area and then used a combination of 'Sage It Isn't So' Creameez and 'Greener Pastures' Inklings, splashing out from the side underneath the floral embellishments. I gave the Dusty attic chipboard scrolls a coating of 'Artie Choked' Textures.

You can see in this photo, the pretty textures the green texture paste gives to the Dusty Attic chipboard Scrolls (also a new set of scrolls recently released by Dusty Attic!). I also tucked a few clocks that I cut out from the Vintage Autumn Basics XVI paper around the photo area along with some Dusty Attic green blossoms (called Grassy Knoll). And as a finishing touch I added a butterfly that I cut out of the Die Cut sheet from the Walking In the Forest collection as an embellishment on the photo.

I'm super excited about the new stencils Dusty Attic has been coming out with lately.....just a couple of weeks ago I got a few of them in the mail....I used the Cross Hatch stencil behind the photo area with some home made texture paste to add a little interest there.

I added a bit of texture using a new Dusty Attic stencil called 'Cross Hatch' with some home-made texture paste. I also added a new chipboard title from Dusty Attic, using the Shimmerz 'Greener Pastures' paint to color the scripted words in the title.

I hope you enjoyed today's post and that it brought you a little hint of Spring on this cold winter day! It's fun to be scrapping again after a little break over the holidays....I've got another page coming up in a few days! Thanks so much for stopping by today! xo

First let me say I have been following your work for about a year now, sorry I didn't find you earlier. I am very interested in purchasing Maja Design papers and Dusty Attic products, I would rather ask this privately, but I cannot find an email for you anywhere. I too live in Ontario and I am hoping you could point me, and possibly others, in the right direction to purchase above items. TIA

I check out your blog every day in anticipation of your next beautiful LO! I don't leave a comment every time but, just wanted to say WOW! I love everything you create! You have a beautiful style - TFS, Bonnie :-)

Gorgeous dear Gabi!!!Love the 'flow' of the flowers and the textures & inks you've added. This is so cool and a bit different~I really like the 'cross hatch' Gabi; very contemporary! : )Love your inspiring work; as always friend~Karen O

HI.. Well I am having hot weather here at the moment.. very summery, so your soft and spring like layout is very welcome! Love the stencilling, and pretty flowers and the flow of the color on the back ground.. a really pretty layout.. i love it! Have a great day!

Hi Deb, first off, thanks so much for the kind comment! Sorry, I wrote this one in a rush last night and forgot to provide links. The Scrapbook Diaries carries a good supply of both Dusty Attic Chipboard and Maja Design papers (gotta love one stop shopping!) Just email Janene for a shipping quote (she only charges real/actual shipping cost. Here is her link https://www.thescrapbookdiaries.com/shop/Hope this helps! xo

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Gabrielle Pollacco

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About Me

Hi everyone!
I'm a stay at home mom of two wonderful girls and am married to the love of my life Steve. I started scrapbooking in 2006 when my sister introduced me to it and haven't looked back since! I would say my style is ever changing but if I were to name a style I'd say its 'shabby-chic/vintage'. I've been published in Creating Keepsakes Magazine, Memory Makers Magazine and Scrapbooking & Beyond Magazine, Scrap365 Magazine, Canadian Scrapbooker and Australian Scrapbook Ideas Magazine along with a number of online Magazines. I have been on a number of Designs teams in the past including Daisy D's, Zva Creative, The Color Room and am presently on the Design Team for Bo Bunny, Webster's Pages and Dusty Attic, Maja Design and Scrap365 Magazine. This is my place to share what I'm working on and some new techniques and products I love.